Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12509933-B2
Application number	US-202418805562-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2024
Priority date	Aug 22, 2023
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

A damper device includes: a cylinder having a vent hole and a valve seat; and a piston. An elastically deformable valve body abuts against the valve seat before and when the piston moves in a damper braking direction. The valve seat is formed with a vent groove. A protrusion amount of an inclined surface gradually decreases from a side of an outer periphery of the valve seat toward the vent hole. The vent groove includes a first groove that extends from an outer periphery of the inclined surface toward the vent hole such that a depth thereof with respect to the inclined surface gradually decreases. When the piston moves in the damper braking direction, the valve body comes into contact with the inclined surface and is elastically deformed, and a contact area with the inclined surface widens.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A damper device configured to be attached between a pair of members that are configured to approach and separate from each other, and applying a braking force when the pair of members approach or separate from each other, the damper device comprising:
a cylinder having a cylindrical shape having an internal space, an opening at one end portion, and a vent hole and a valve seat at another end portion, the vent hole communicating with the internal space; and a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder, wherein an elastically deformable valve body is provided at the other end portion of the cylinder and abuts against the valve seat before and when the piston moves in a damper braking direction, and at least a part of the valve body separates from the valve seat when the piston moves in a return direction opposite to the damper braking direction, the valve seat surrounds the vent hole and protrudes in a direction opposite to the internal space, and is formed with a vent groove that extends from an outer periphery of the valve seat toward the vent hole and communicates with the vent hole, a part of the valve seat that faces the valve body is configured to serve as an inclined surface whose protrusion amount gradually decreases from a side of the outer periphery of the valve seat toward the vent hole, the vent groove includes a first groove that extends from an outer periphery of the inclined surface toward the vent hole such that a depth thereof with respect to the inclined surface gradually decreases, and when the piston moves in the damper braking direction, the valve body comes into contact with the inclined surface and is elastically deformed along the inclined surface, and a contact area with the inclined surface widens.

2 . The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined surface is a convex curved surface that is convex in a protruding direction of the valve seat.

3 . The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the first groove extends to be gradually narrower from the outer periphery of the inclined surface toward the vent hole when viewed from an axial direction of the vent hole.

4 . The damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the vent groove further includes a second groove that extends from the first groove toward the vent hole such that a depth thereof with respect to the inclined surface is constant.

Assignees

• Piolax Inc

Inventors

• Kurihara Shogo

Classifications

• E05Y2201/41

  for closing · CPC title

• E05Y2201/21

  Brakes · CPC title

• E05Y2201/234

  direction dependent · CPC title

• E05Y2201/20

  Brakes; Disengaging means; Holders; Stops; Valves; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• E05Y2800/266

  curved · CPC title